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package com.frank.search.solr.server;

import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrClient;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * {@link SolrClientFactory} replaces SolrServerFactory from version 1.x and
 * provides access to the solrj {@link org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrClient}.
 *
 * @author Christoph Strobl
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface SolrClientFactory {

	/**
	 * Get base {@link org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrClient} instance
	 *
	 * @return a reusable SolrClient instance
	 */
	SolrClient getSolrClient();

	/**
	 * Get configured {@link org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrClient} for specific core
	 * 
	 * @param core
	 * @return
	 */
	SolrClient getSolrClient(String core);

	/**
	 * Get list of cores
	 * 
	 * @return empty list if no cores defined
	 */
	List<String> getCores();

}
